The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for international monitoring of the situation regarding human rights in Crimea, Sputnik has reported.The draft resolution was submitted by Ukraine, and was supported by 70 countries. 26 were against, while 77 abstained. …read more Source:...

The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution that recognizes Crimea as “temporarily occupied” by Russia and condemns the “abuses” and “discrimination” against Crimean Tatars, ethnic Ukrainians, and other groups on the peninsula. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

KATHMANDU: Police on Tuesday arrested a person convicted of foreign employment fraud around two years ago. The 39-year-old Chakrawarti Lohani, a permanent resident of Benighat-3 of Dhading district, was arrested from Samakhusi of Kathmandu today. The Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police had deployed a team after him. Earlier, on February...

In the city of Lviv, Ukraine, on December 13-14, a conference dedicated to the 90th birth anniversary of the famous scientist Jaroslav Dashkevich was held which was attended by Armenian Ambassador to Ukraine Andranik Manukyan, the first Ambassador of Ukraine … …read more Source:...

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s central bank on Tuesday poured more than half a billion dollars into the country’s largest bank after nationalising it in a bid to avert its collapse and a financial meltdown. …read more Source: The West...

Events which at the time seem small and unconnected often combine to lead to major cataclysms. Back in July I wrote a piece entitled “History tells us what may happen next with Brexit and Trump” exploring historical patterns, or at least what we can learn from history. The main crux of the argument is that events that at the time seem...

It is now three years since hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians gathered on Independence Square in Kiev to demand a better future for their country. As they did so, they looked towards the European Union to support them on their path back to stable democracy and lasting prosperity. As President of the European Commission, I have made it one of my...